Eliza
Lee Follen

PREFACE
TO THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION

It
has been my object, in writing the following Little Songs for Little
Boys and Girls, to endeavor to catch something of that good-humored
pleasantry, that musical nonsense, which makes Mother Goose so attractive
to children of all ages.

The
little folks must decide whether the book is entertaining. To them I
present my little volume, with the earnest hope that it will receive
their approbation. If children love to lisp my rhymes, while parents
find no fault in them, I ask no higher praise. CAMBRIDGE, 1832.